adamas

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), either from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμνάω (damnáō, “conquer”) or of Semitic origin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.da.maːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.da.mas] === Noun === adamās m (genitive adamantis); third declension Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant. Anything which is inflexible, firm or lasting. (figuratively, of one's character) Hard, invincible, unconquerable, unyielding, inexorable, stubborn, intractable. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== adamantēus adamantinus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “adamas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “adamas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "adamas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “adamas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “adamas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Middle English == === Alternative forms === adames === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Compare adamant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adəˈmaːs/, /ˈadəmas/ === Noun === adamas (rare) adamant, adamantine (valuable gemstone) (rare) a natural magnet; magnetite ==== References ==== “adamas, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018. == Polish == === Pronunciation === (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /aˈda.mas/ === Noun === adamas m animacy unattested Middle Polish form of adamant (“diamond”) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Verb === adamas second-person singular present indicative of adamar